PvP Trinket Bonus Changes

[Vanazar-windseeker]

• Gladiator’s Distinction (Trinket Set Bonus)
  • Primary stat provided by the bonus decreased by 40%.
  • Stamina provided by the bonus increased by 35%.
• Developers’ notes: We’ve seen that overall PvP pacing, especially in arena, has been very fast as players acquire more gear/tier sets. This leaves less room for player reactions than we would like. In conjunction with the rest of the balance changes, we’re adjusting the primary stat and stamina bonus from Gladiator’s Distinction to help address this.

Class Tuning Incoming – January 24

In addition to the class changes that are part of the 10.0.5 patch, during scheduled weekly maintenance on Tuesday, January 24, we will make a number of tuning adjustments to specializations based on their performance in Raid and M+ content. It’s our intent that these changes help make these specializations viable options for raid and dungeon content. Druid Balance Fixed an issue where Cosmic Rapidity did not increase the frequency of Shooting Stars to occur based on the increased rate of M…

[Nyobop-sargeras]

I mean. At least nobody can say Blizzard isn’t making tuning passes fast enough regarding balance for PVE and PVP.

This has to be the most active they’ve been basically ever, right? You might not get the fixes you want patch by patch, but stuff is happening and we can only hope they’ll get to the things we want eventually!

[Vîncerus-stormrage]

Unless rets get a 50% across the board nerf no changes they make will matter

[Vanazar-windseeker]

Lots of pvp specific damage nerfs as well. They are definitely trying to slow things down.

[Fatfreddy-emerald-dream (Fatfreddy)]

Some big changes wow.

[Thebulk-crushridge]

@Nyobop-sargeras

most active they’ve been basically ever, right?

This is faster than the non-existent bfa and slands, but it’s definitely slower than legion wod and mop

[Fatfreddy-emerald-dream (Fatfreddy)]

@Kaivax

Death Knight

• Death Strike healing is no longer reduced in PvP Combat (was reduced by 25%).
• Improved Death Strike’s effectiveness is still reduced by 50% in PvP Combat.
• Enfeeble’s enemy damage reduction against the Death Knight is now reduced by 33% in PvP Combat.
• Rune of Spellwarding’s absorb shield is now 33% effective in PvP Combat.
• Rune of Spellwarding’s cast speed reduction is now 33% effective in PvP Combat.
• Unholy
  • Necrotic Wound from Necrotic Wounds now absorbs 4% of healing done (was 5%) and heals the Death Knight for up to 4% of their max health when its effect ends (was 5%).
  • Virulent Plague no longer deals increased damage in PvP Combat (was increased by 30%).
• Developer’s Note: Death Knight survivability continues to be higher than we are comfortable with, especially against casters, so we are targeting passive parts of their defensive kit while adjusting Death Strike’s healing up as a more proactive survivability tool. Additionally, Unholy Death Knights are dealing too much overall damage, so we are adjusting Virulent Plague.

Druid

• Rake damage reduced by 18% in PvP Combat.
• Rip damage reduced by 18% in PvP Combat.
• Ferocious Bite damage reduced by 25% in PvP Combat (was reduced by 20%).
• Balance
  • Orbit Breaker now resets its count when entering an arena match.
  • Full Moon damage reduced to 60% power (was 80% power) when triggered by Orbit Breaker in PvP.
  • Wrath deals 50% increased damage in PvP.
  • Starfire deals 50% increased damage in PvP (was 20%).
  • Starsurge deals 40% increased damage in PvP (was 20%).
  • New Moon, Half Moon, and Full Moon deal 20% increased damage in PvP.
  • Gathering Starstuff (Balance Druid 2 piece set bonus) grants 15% increased damage to Wrath or Starfire per stack (was 20%).
  • Touch of the Cosmos (Balance Druid 4 piece set bonus) grants 20% increased damage to Starsurge (was 35%).
  • Umbral Embrace increases Wrath or Starfire damage by 40% (was 50%) in PvP.
• Feral
  • Feral Frenzy damage reduced by 10% in PvP Combat.
  • Frenzied Regeneration healing reduced by 50% (was reduced by 38%) in PvP Combat (Feral and Restoration only)
• Restoration
  • Frenzied Regeneration healing reduced by 50% (was reduced by 38%) in PvP Combat (Feral and Restoration only).
  • Budding Leaves is now 50% effective in PvP combat (was 70%).
• Developers’ notes: Feral damage has been much higher than we are comfortable with, so we are lowering it. Additionally, both Feral and Restoration have been too survivable when targeted, so we are lowering the healing from Frenzied Regeneration for those specializations. Balance druid’s single target pressure is behind other casters. We’d like to reward them for using cast time spells like Wrath and Starfire a little bit more, while at the same time fixing some issues that caused Orbit Breaker to do more damage than intended.

Evoker

• Devastation
  • Deep Breath deals 20% increased damage in PvP (was 40%).
  • Spellweaver’s Dominance grants 20% increased critical strike damage in PvP (was 30%).
  • Disintegrate deals 20% increased damage in PvP (was 15%).
  • Azure Strike deals 20% increased damage in PvP.
• Developers’ notes: Devastation Evokers’ burst potential is higher than we’d like, so we’re reducing it a bit to give players more time to react to damage.
• Preservation
  • Dream Projection’s heal over time effect can now be dispelled.
  • Dream Projection now costs 4% base mana.
• Developers’ notes: Dream Projection has been more impactful and efficient in Preservation’s healing breakdown than we would like.

Hunter

• Roar of Sacrifice (PvP Talent) now deals 10% of damage the target suffers to the pet (was 20%).
• Developers’ notes: We have been concerned with Hunter pet survivability, particularly during Roar of Sacrifice. We are adjusting the damage transfer from Roar of Sacrifice to help.

Mage

• Arcane
  • Arcane Bombardment is now 40% effective in PvP combat (was 65%).
• Developers’ notes: Arcane Bombardment has remained a more effective execute than we would like after our previous reduction to its effect. We are lowering it again with the goal of increasing the opportunities for opponents to counterplay.

Monk

• Mistweaver
  • Mana Regeneration now decreased by 10% in PvP Combat (was 15%).
  • Enveloping Mist healing increased by 25% while in PvP combat.
  • Chrysalis (PvP Talent) - Reverted a previous change. Now reduces the cooldown of Life Cocoon by 45 seconds.
• Developers’ notes: In a previous recent change, we adjusted Mistweaver mana regeneration. The result was more than we would like, so we are adjusting it back a bit. Enveloping Mist’s healing was reduced for PvE purposes at the start of Dragonflight, so we are increasing its healing to match its previous levels in PvP.

Paladin

• Divine Protection now reduces damage by 30% while in PvP combat (was 20%).
• Flash of Light healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Aura of Reckoning max aura stacks raised to 100 (was 50). The Reckoning effect now activates at 100 stacks.
• Consecration damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
• Holy
  • Reckoning (PvP talent) now increases the damage of your next Judgment by 25% (was 100%). The tooltip for Aura of Reckoning will be updated to reflect this in a future patch.
  • Holy Light now heals for 75% more in PvP combat (was 40%).
  • Holy Shock healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Judgment from Reckoning to not always critically strike.
• Retribution
  • Final Reckoning damage reduced by 20% in PvP Combat.
  • Radiant Decree damage reduced by 33% in PvP combat.
  • Paladin Retribution Class Set 2-piece now increases the damage of Judgment, Blade of Justice, and Wake of Ashes by 10% in PvP Combat (was 15%).
  • Crusader Strike now deals 80% increased damage in PvP combat (was 30%).
  • Healing Hands now 70% effective in PvP combat (was 50%).
  • Templar’s Verdict damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  • Final Verdict damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  • Exorcism damage increased by 80% in PvP combat.
  • Lawbringer (PvP talent) now deals up to 8% of the enemy’s maximum health (was 10%).
• Developers’ notes: Aura of Reckoning has been much more powerful than intended, so we are making targeted adjustments to slow down its availability for all Paladins and its healing/damage contribution for Holy Paladins. We are increasing some of Holy’s other healing spells with the goal of a more balanced healing breakdown for this class. Additionally, Paladins have been squishier than we would like, so we are increasing Divine Protection’s defensive capabilities to help in this area. Retribution Paladins have high burst potential without counterplay, so we are adjusting their burst capability downward while bringing up some of their sustain damage, to have a healthier playstyle. Lawbringer has represented a higher-than-expected damage contribution due to Judgment based procs within the Talent Tree, so we are reducing its value slightly.

Shaman

• Earth Unleashed from Unleash Shield now breaks on damage and lasts 2 seconds (was 4 seconds).
• Restoration
  • Water Shield now returns 1% mana when struck by a melee attack in PvP combat (was 2%).
  • Stormkeeper’s damage increase is now 67% effective in PvP Combat (Restoration only).
• Elemental
  • Elemental Shaman’s Dragonflight Season 1 2-piece Tier Set bonus has 50% reduced effectiveness in PvP Combat.
  • Primordial Surge’s Lava Burst damage increase is now 60% effective in PvP Combat.
• Developers’ notes: In conjunction with the above game-wide adjustments to their healing spells, we are making further adjustments for healthier gameplay in PvP. Root mechanics typically break on damage, and Unleash Shield was an exception to this, so the root will now break when enough damage occurs. We’re not applying diminishing returns to it, but decreasing its duration as well. Additionally, we felt that Restoration Shaman mana regeneration from Water Shield and burst capability with using Stormkeeper was too high, so we are adjusting those down. Finally, Elemental shamans’ burst has been higher than we would like, with minimal time for opponents to react, especially as players have been obtaining tier set bonuses.

Warrior

• Thunderous Roar (Talent) bleed damage no longer deals reduced damage in PvP (was 50% reduced).
• Uproar (Talent) no longer has a reduced cooldown effect in PvP (was 50% reduced).
• Fury
  • Slaughterhouse (PvP Talent) now lasts 16 seconds (was 12 seconds).
  • Storm of Steel (Talent) no longer has a reduced damage reduction effect in PvP (was 50% reduced).
• Developers’ note: Fury Warriors have fallen behind other melee specializations, so we’re increasing the duration of Slaughterhouse to allow access to the max effectiveness of their healing reduction more often

Class specific changes.

[Thebulk-crushridge]

Oh look ww still looking like a dumpster fire going into 10.5, whelp see ya guys in 11.0

[Nyobop-sargeras]

Basically every problematic class is getting kicked in the chest. These are all excellent changes!

[Seyòn-tichondrius (Seyòn)]

There were months between legion tuning

[Vîncerus-stormrage]

Why are there no hunter buffs? Esp after removing double tap? All hunter specs are now garbage tier

[Thebulk-crushridge]

@Seyòn-tichondrius

months between legion tuning

Was there? Well alright then. Was it middle or late legion?

[Seyòn-tichondrius (Seyòn)]

Mid to late i didnt play some of thr early seasons but it was a pain point yet again. Destro hpal x terrorized the entirety of the last 2 seasons

[Thebulk-crushridge]

Ah see I quit only after about 1 month of legion hating wpvp had been basically ruined and not liking the new monk redesign.
So didn’t come back until the very end.

I remember just popping in occasionally to check on how the game was going, seemed they had made a lot of changes overall, guess I didn’t quite catch that timeline

[Tkyo-tichondrius]

damp meta

[Amyrii-echo-isles]

They listened and nerfed damage and buffed stamina. I’m excited to see what happens

[Stormspellz-mugthol (Stormspellz)]

still would like to see a massive nerf to dps healing

[Thebulk-crushridge]

I mean I’m going to heal for less with the loss of primary stat, but my healing wasn’t all that strong to begin with

[Caesivenator-kiljaeden]

There may be some wobbly numbers in high ladder… But have you been watching the AWC? Jungle cleave is making a come back… And not just because of feral either.

[Xerethul-moon-guard]

Finally! Bout time Blizz did this. Well, that’s actually not too bad on speed. Now if they could tone back some stuns/interrupts, that would really help with healers and casters enjoying pvp better. Don’t mind at all if they buff meelee in other ways to compensate, but the train meta takes the fun out for a lot of players.